Photo: Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2011Cruise Ships at the Port of BarcelonaThe port of Barcelona on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, is the
most important cruise shipping hub of the Mediterranean and the
second most important in the world after Miami. In 2010, it handled
around 2.35 million passengers with the months between April and
October being the busiest (summer peak season). The cruise ship
depicted on this photo is the MSC Splendida, that entered service in 2009
with a capacity of 3,900 passengers
and a crew of 1,300. The cruise ship in the back is being refueled
by a port-based tanker.